February 19, 2009

U.S. at Durban II: A Dangerous Game to Lose

By Peggy Shapiro
Would President Obama attend or send a U.S. delegate to a Klu Klux Klan planning meeting with the hopes of changing its agenda? That would be outrageous. Then why did the administration announce late last Saturday night that the U.S. is joining the planning sessions for the next U.N. Conference on Racism, known as Durban II, or the International Israel Hate-fest?  The President is making conference calls to Jewish leaders to convince them that the two scenarios are not morally identical, but they are.Durban I was a stage for anti-Semitism and vitriolic condemnation of Israel and Israel alone. No other country was chastised for acts of racism, not even Darfur, where the genocide continues. Israel was the only country which was criticized and the criticism included even its right to exist as a Jewish nation.  Although the Durban Declaration makes no reference to the many countries which are now or are becoming Muslim, it calls a homeland for the Jewish people as...(Read Full Article)